Creating cultural motifs against terrorism : empowering acceptance of our uniqueness / Donald J. Feeney, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-172) and index.

1. Developing formative motifs in terrorism-free cultures -- 2. Challenges to motifs' formativeness : the seeds of terrorism -- 3. Islamic fundamentalism and cultural shock : the cancer begins -- 4. Entrancement, terrorism, and Jihad : the malignant holy war -- 5. Self-annihilation and pyrrhic victories -- 6. Evolution of infidels into multifaceted motifs -- 7. Resurrecting unique cultural motifs : resources in healing -- 8. Refining motifs in cultural personality : inspirational deviations -- 9. Transformative cultural personalities and evolution -- 10. The evolution of global motifs.

Explains how the war on terrorism can be fought behind the lines with healthy exchanges to understand and empower the themes and principles, or motifs of world cultures. Unlike any other book regarding September 11, 2001, this book employs metaphors across disciplines (psychology, music, history, literature, politics and physics among them) to show how the roots of terrorism reach to cultural motifs, or themes and principles. Terrorism is depicted as rigid, fundamentalistic entrancement of such motifs. By unfolding and empowering unique, idiosyncratic facets of each culture, Feeney suggests, we can nurture healthy exchange, dialogue, and global interface creating peace and compatibility while eradicating the roots of terrorism. This volume will most interest social scientists, politicians, diplomats, and others with an interest in cultural diversity, politics, and psychology.